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He’s been giving too much neck.

02.03.2026 21:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Quick question: Why? Why should it be the job of the press to promote a bad policy just because it is in the news?

02.03.2026 15:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Does the FIFA Peace Prize mean nothing anymore?

28.02.2026 16:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Will no one rid us of this troublesome president?

25.02.2026 04:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Indian Boundary Park Zoo (Abandoned) in Chicago In Chicago, an empty relic of a time when neighborhood zoos were more common.

They used to have a zoo www.atlasobscura.com/places/india...

13.02.2026 02:57 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The man directly and solely responsible for 10,000 STEM PhDs being out of work has determined that he’s tired of all the sad news.

10.02.2026 13:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Do an accent

23.01.2026 23:24 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This place is a halfway house for posters

20.01.2026 03:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The β€œ1d” stands for β€œ1 decade” right?

19.09.2025 16:58 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I just read that this cyclist started approaching cars looking for deli meat and they eventually had to euthanize him ☹️

19.09.2025 16:51 πŸ‘ 54 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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One year ago today, I completed my trip from Pittsburgh to DC on the GAP and C&O trails. Need to do something like this again soon!

17.09.2025 21:02 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Quick lunch stop before hitting the Hebron Trail

14.09.2025 18:44 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Harvard, Illinois. The farthest Metra will take you from downtown Chicago.

14.09.2025 17:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If driving a car is so fun then why does every driver look at their phone while doing it?

14.09.2025 15:38 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They should do Bike the Drive on a weekend other than the one that I go out of town for every year.

26.08.2025 12:31 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I had plans to do something similar earlier this summer, except I was going to go further up the coast to Muskegon, take the ferry over to Milwaukee, and get the Hiawatha back home. Kicking myself for not going through with it because it looks stunning over there.

16.08.2025 15:29 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Would love if they could use that takeout window too

15.08.2025 02:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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On the Ozaukee Interurban Trail between Milwaukee and Kohler-Andrae State Park

03.08.2025 00:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Lincoln Square

01.08.2025 21:51 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I want to go for a run with her.

31.07.2025 19:12 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The air being super toxic on the nicest day of the summer is genuinely depressing.

31.07.2025 19:09 πŸ‘ 67 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1

It’s actually a very powerful, respected surname in many cultures.

18.06.2025 19:14 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Good public transit is like 50% of why I live in Chicago and if that goes away then it might not make sense to live here anymore.

01.06.2025 16:15 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Still trying to figure out what happened here exactly.

17.05.2025 15:10 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 3

Academics who want to create intellectual community beyond the university sure do love scheduling things for 4 p.m. on Tuesday in Jenkins Hall Room 312.

16.05.2025 18:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes! All the β€œfilm photography” courses are essentially darkroom sessions.

16.05.2025 17:32 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You can take a film photography class through the parks district. There’s only one teacher for the whole city (and she’s retiring next year!) but she has three classes per session. It is technically a class but she lets you do what you want if you already know your way around the darkroom.

16.05.2025 17:22 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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I have now seen just over 10% of Chicago from my bike.

29.04.2025 01:07 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
A plate of fish, fries, coleslaw and peas served with a Guinness.

A plate of fish, fries, coleslaw and peas served with a Guinness.

God died today and so we need to eat this for dinner, is what I was raised to believe.

19.04.2025 01:04 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This Michael loves it.

17.04.2025 23:55 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0